Monday, February 4, 2013

The
relationship between the developed nations of the world, particularly Canada
and the United States, and China is, to put it bluntly, strained at best.
While the Western world does its best to keep the doors of diplomacy with China open, there always seems to be an undercurrent of mistrust. This is
particularly evident when one reads through a report by the Congressional
Research Service entitled "China
and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues".
This report discusses the security problems related to China's role in
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as supplies from China
through technical aid, longer-range missiles and increased indigenous
capabilities (i.e. increased local capability) allow other nations to create their
own WMD through the use of China-based technology. Since this is such a
wide-ranging report, I will break it down into at least three country-based postings.

Since Iran
and its nuclear capability tend to make the news cycle on a fairly regular
basis, let's start this series by looking at China's relationship with Iran's
nuclear program. In the mid-1990s, the Clinton Administration urged China
to cancel its "civilian" nuclear projects in Iran by promising to
sell nuclear power reactors to Iran. Since that time, there has been
concern about whether or not China has abided by its pledge. Even though China has voted to support some sanctions against Iran and
its nuclear program, it has not authorized the use of force and has continued
to invest very heavily (to the tune of at least $55 billion by the end
of 2009) in Iran's energy sector. To give you some idea of the size of
China's commitment to energy deals in Iran, here are a few of the larger ones:

1.)
Production of LNG at South Pars (the world's largest natural gas field) - $16
billion (2009)

Not
surprisingly, China has repeatedly opposed sanctions by the U.N. Security
Council that would target energy deals. Since China gets about half of
its oil imports from the Middle East with a particularly hefty portion of
roughly 550,000 barrels of oil per day coming from
Iran, the third largest exporter to China, peace in the region is critical and
China's ongoing relatively positive commercial relationship with Iran is
particularly critical. China currently purchases 20 percent of Iran's oil
exports, comprising 11 percent of China's oil imports at a value of $21.8
billion in 2011. In fact, in 2009, the Obama Administration discussed
raising the supply of oil to China with both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates to make up for any shortfall experienced if China should choose to
sanction Iran, however, China refused the deal. Another option being
explored that would allow China to achieve its much needed goal of energy
security is a scenario that would increase China's exposure to energy investments in the United
States, Canada and other Western nations, however, as was apparent in the
Nexen/CNOOC deal, Canada is less than willing to let China take controlling
interests in the country's domestic oil and natural gas industry.

Not only is
China investing in Iran's oil infrastructure, they are also shipping much-needed gasoline
to Iran, supplying up to one-third of its imports in September 2009. By
August 2010, China's supplies of gasoline to Iran reached nearly one-half of
Iran's imports; these exports were sold through various Chinese state-owned
enterprises. Even in the face of sanctions, in early 2012, China was
still exporting gasoline to Iran.

With that as
background information, what has China done to assist Iran in its nuclear
quest? While China appears to have cancelled plans to sell nuclear reactors to Iran in
1995 as I noted above, Chinese technicians built a calutron or electromagnetic
isotope separation system for enriching uranium at the Karaj nuclear research
facility. In 1995, China had also planned to sell Iran a facility that would
have allowed Iran to convert uranium ore into uranium hexafluoride gas which
could be enriched to weapons-grade material, however the plan was cancelled
because Iran could not pay for the system and because of concerns expressed by Israel.
Nonetheless, China did provide Iran with the blueprints necessary to
build the facility. In 1998, China had negotiated an agreement with Iran's
Isfahan Nuclear Research Center to provide a lifetime supply of hundreds of
tons of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride which could be used to produce the same
uranium hexafluoride gas as noted above. Anhydrous hydrogen fluoride is
also a precursor for the chemical weapons agent Sarin. When Washington
protested against this plan by China, it was scuttled.

While not
directly related to Iran's nuclear program, in the period between mid-1994 and
mid-1995, China supplied dozens to hundreds of missile guidance systems and computerized
machine tools to Iran to assist with development of its domestic ballistic
missile system. This delivery assisted Iran in the production of its
Shahab-3 and Shahab-4 medium range ballistic missile systems with a range of up
to 2000 kilometres as shown here:

In 2003,
China supplied Iran with 1.8 metric tons of natural uranium and in May 2006, it
was revealed that Iran had used uranium hexafluoride gas supplied by China to
accelerate their uranium enrichment program. In some cases, the Chinese
entities involved in these programs are doing so without the knowledge of the
Chinese central government. In 2007, Chinese companies supplied Iran with
materials for its nuclear program including graphite, tungsten copper, tungsten
powder, high-strength aluminum alloys and maraging steel. In 2010, it was
reported by the IAEA that a China-based company supplied valves and vacuum gauges
manufactured in France that could be used in Iran's nuclear enrichment program.

China
repeatedly maintains that it is opposed to unilateral sanctions against Iran
because it has economic ties (another word for energy deals) that are separate
from Iran's nuclear program. Other countries disagree; U.N. Security
Council Resolution 1929 notes that there is a strong
link between Iran's revenues derived from its oil and gas sector and the funding of its domestic nuclear activities. In 2006, China hosted a summit of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization where President Hu Jintao remarked to Iran's
President Ahmadinejad that Iran had a right to nuclear energy. Again in
September 2008, at a meeting between the same two gentlemen, China's President
reiterated his support for Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy.

On June 9,
2010, after much arm-twisting, China voted in favour of the aforementioned UNSC
Resolution 1929 that noted the connection between Iran's energy-sourced
revenues and the funding of its nuclear program. Among the sanctions in
this resolution is a call for all signatories to prevent the direct or indirect
supply of major weapons to Iran as shown here:

"...and
that all States should prevent the transfer to Iran of any tanks, armoured
combat vehicles, large-calibre artillery systems, attack helicopters, or
missiles and related systems or parts."

Incidentally,
Resolution 1929 is the fourth round of sanctions against Iran. Apparently, observations would tell just about anyone that sanctions are not working as they are intended.

Despite the
United Nations Security Council's best efforts, China seems determined in its
efforts to secure its energy future. With Iran having the world's second largest natural gas reserves after
Russia, all that the UNSC sanctions have done thus far is to open the door for
China to step in where other nations refuse to tread. Time and time
again, China has proven that it doesn't hesitate to deal with the pariah
nations of the world and Iran is no exception.

Why don't you just fuck off and die fucker. The US is the biggest Pariah nation with the aim to monopolize all energy resources for itself with the use of force routinely and then sell its useless military equipment to puppets it exploits and robs of their oil and gas. Go fuck your mother in her ass.

The author of the article is simple the broker of Zionist Israel. All are stupid & trying everything whatever they can to make the world in favour of them. If any nation is nor serving for them that state is taged as rouge nationa, pariah nation so & so. All are the mother fucker. Stop your fucking business. World is really tired. Please leave usalone. REal problem of world peace is Israel. Unless & untill you solve the Palestine & Israeli problem, there will be no world peace.

The real problem is that no nation is transparent. Everyone has their own secrets, no one truly trusts each other. It's not just the US, or Iran, or China. It's the way of the world Everyone is taking a stance and trying to protect themselves. World peace cannot, will not happen so long as technology runs the world.

All countries are united in their opinion that Iran has the right to peaceful atom.The Supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei issued an edict (fatwa), the prohibition of nuclear weapons in Iran. Religious decree (fatwa) the Supreme leader of Iran concerning the prohibition of nuclear weapons is mandatory for the Iranian government.

This was reported on Tuesday, January 15, the Ministry of foreign Affairs Iran Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast declared that the West must understand the significance for the whole of Iran decree of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. «There is nothing higher than a fatwa, issued by the Supreme leader, it establishes the basis for our activities in the field of nuclear technologies», - the diplomat noted. «When the highest legal authority and power that carries out management of the entire country issues a fatwa, we all have the obligation to strictly observe it», - he added.

Right....because Iran can be trusted. What difference does it make if a fatwa is decreed, if they will just ignore it. You may have missed this over the last few hundred years, but Iran isn't overly concerned about human rights, or any rights for that matter, if it derails their religious doctrine.

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I have been an avid follower of the world's political and economic scene since the great gold rush of 1979 - 1980 when it seemed that the world's economic system was on the verge of collapse. I am most concerned about the mounting level of government debt and the lack of political will to solve the problem. Actions need to be taken sooner rather than later when demographic issues will make solutions far more difficult. As a geoscientist, I am also concerned about the world's energy future; as we reach peak cheap oil, we need to find viable long-term solutions to what will ultimately become a supply-demand imbalance.